Conchoecia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Halocyprida
Family: Halocyprididae
Subfamily: Conchoeciinae
Tribe: Conchoeciini
Genus: Conchoecia
Dana, 1853
Species

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Conchoecia is a genus of ostracods in the subfamily Conchoeciinae.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[1] Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Conchoecia:

  • Conchoecia angustipilata Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
  • Conchoecia belgicae Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia giesbrechti Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia glandulosa Müller, G. W., 1906
  • Conchoecia hettacra Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia indica Merrylal James, 1972
  • Conchoecia isocheira Müller, G. W., 1906
  • Conchoecia kyrtophora Müller, G. W., 1906
  • Conchoecia leptothrix Müller, 1906
  • Conchoecia magna Claus, 1874
  • Conchoecia rudyakovi Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
  • Conchoecia sculpta Chavtur, in Chavtur & Bashmanov, 2018
  • Conchoecia subarcuata Claus, 1890
  • Conchoecia teretivalvata Iles, 1953

See also

References

  1. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
  2. Oba, Yuichi; Tsuduki, Hiroshi; Kato, Shin-ichi; Ojika, Makoto; Inouye, Satoshi (2004). "Identification of the Luciferin-Luciferase System and Quantification of Coelenterazine by Mass Spectrometry in the Deep-Sea Luminous Ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora". ChemBioChem. 5 (11): 1495–1499. doi:10.1002/cbic.200400102. PMID 15515099.


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